Original figurative oil & acrylic paintings of curvy, strong women by contemporary award-wining artistMARIE FOX. Sign up at right to be notified of my latest paintings! Note: If you see only one painting or post,click here to go to main page.

Friday, August 17, 2012

On The Dock, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"SOLD to a collector in Vermont

Email: marie@mariefox.com
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This image was used by Viridian Nutrition in the UK to promote a new line of vitamins for women!

In the first version of this painting, posted months ago, the background was simply an ocean extending back to the horizon line. Although I liked the figure, dock and slightly out-of-perspective red towel, something about the composition unsettled me. The woman is obviously the subject matter of this painting but the empty background somehow diminished her importance. I was pleased to find that by intensifying the color of the water and adding a far shore and red sailboat, she popped to life. And there's now a hint of story.

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Painting is my passion. I’m wild about the act of painting and the subject of the female figure.

My path to this perfect artistic place was through folk art born of memories of my New England childhood. This art I sold to the White House, Panasonic, Toyota, Bigelow Tea, the Mayor of Boston and to clients of galleries in New York, Boston, Nantucket, Charleston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. My art was featured twice on the Today Show and in two national magazines.

Now I paint about strong women. In Greek mythology, women were as powerful as men. They were gods. I like to think, and my collectors seem to, that my painted women are their descendants.